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No. 586,059. Patented-July 6, 1897.

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JARED R. DE REMER, OF GLENVOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO, ASSIGNOBu OFV ONE-HALFTO LOUIS `SOI-IVVARZ, OF SAME PLACE.

HYDRAULIC Moron.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,059, dated July 6,1897. Application ne@ rune 24,1895.' serieu No. 553,926. du model.)

To all wle/0771, t may concern:

Be it known that I, .IARED R. DE REMER, of Glenwood Springs, in thecounty of Garfield and State of Colorado, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hydraulic Motors; andI do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable o thers skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements inhydraulic motors.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive motorof this class which shall be highly efficient in operation and by meansof which an accelerated speed will be obtained.

A further objectis to so construct the buckets of the motor-wheel thatthe full force of the water will be utilized and also to so arrange theinclosing guards that the water will be properly directed against thebuckets and all back pressure be avoided.

A further object is to simplify the construction of the inclosing casingand also to provide a simple and inexpensive means for adj usting the`height of the wheel.

The invention comprises the novel features of construction and also thedetail combination and arrangement of parts, substantially ashereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical longitudinalsectional view of my improved mot-or. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transversesectional View of the wheel-rim. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view onthe line y y, Fig. l. Fig. L is a side elevation of the lower half ofthe motor. Fig. 5 is an end view thereof with parts broken away. Fig. 6is a detail. Fig. '7 is a view in side elevation with the inclosingcasing removed. Fig. 8 is la plan view of the base and guards with partsin section. Figs. 9 and l0 are opposite end views with parts brokenaway.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a wheel, atthe rotary shaftthereof, and c one of the supporting-standards for the journalbox c2.This box is set at an incline in a correspondingly-formed recess in thestandard, and beneath it is a liner-plate a3, having adjacent to itsends parallel slots a, open at one end, so as to allow the plate to beinserted past the adjusting-screws a5. By means of this liner-plate, ora series of them, the position of the rotary shaft, and consequently thewheel, may be regulated by raising and lowering.

B is the housing or inclosing casing, b the base thereof, and b the twoguards between which the wheel is located, the periphery of the wheelbeing in close proximity to the concavity of base b. One side b2 of thiscasing is removable and is held in place by screws bs, workinginopenings in overlapping flanges b4 b5. One of the guards is preferablyforlned with the removable side and the other with the stationaryportion. The guards bare slightly divergent, and between theirconvergent ends opens the inlet-nozzle b", while the efflux-opening bextends between the divergent ends thereof, said latter opening beingslightly iiared. The upper surface of the base b froma point in advanceof the inlet-nozzle is tangential to the periphery of the wheel orslightly flared, terminating atthe efllux-opening. This flaring of thebase, together with the divergence of the guards, insures the freedischarge of the water, after the expenditure of its power, withoutimpeding the action of said wheel.` In this way the water does not reacton the wheel, and the efficiency of the latter is greatly en hanced.

In the rim or periphery of wheel Bi are formed the buckets O. Thesebuckets are so formed that the end of one adjoins that of the other,with but a slight appreciable ntervening space. Each bucket has parallelsides d, a concaved portion CZ', and an inner concaved end cl2, thevertex of the concavity d uniting with that of the end cl2. Thisformation of the buckets is such that when one of them is in line withthe inlet-nozzle the full force of the water will be directly aga-instthe curved end cl2 thereof and will continue to strike against the sameuntil the outer end of the bucket passes beyond said inlet, when thecurved end of the next adjacent bucket will be immediately presented forthe action of the water. In this Way the full force or power of thewater is constantly exerted on the wheel. The formation of theinlet-nozzle, the

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curvature of the base, the form of the buckets, and the location of theefflux-opening all unite to direct the contact of the water with thebuckets. lVhen the stream is in direct contact with one bucket, wherethe bucket has its depth, so to speak, the nozzle is at a point, and asthe bucket comes to a point the nozzle has its depth, the two combineddirecting, the water on the end face of the bucket until the latterpasses beyond the line of the stream. When any one of the buckets is inline with the inner end of the inlet-nozzle, it substantially forms acontinuation of the latter. rlhe water passes out through theefflux-opening. The guards being divergently arranged and the baseiiared, the water will readily free itself from the wheel as it reachesthe outlet,and the movement of the wheel in consequence is not in theleast impeded. It will be noted that the buckets while being acted uponby the water are in close proximity to the concaved surface of the base,and hence the-water is coniined within said buckets and directed by theparallel sides thereof against the curved ends. Above and beyond theguards the housing or casing is of greater diameter than the wheel,leaving an intervening space whereby any water passing beyond theefflux-opening and guards can fall back to said opening without impedingthe movement of the wheel; but this housing or casing is not absolutelyessential and may be entirely dispensed with, as shown in Figs. 7, 9,and 10. In this modilied form the wheel travels between the divergentguards E, and the length of the latter is somewhat abbreviated, as shownat e, the efiiux being between the divergent ends of the guards.

The advantages of my invention are apparent to those skilled in the art.It will be particularly noted that in shaping the buckets in the mannershown and described the full force or power of the water is obtaineddirectly against the inner end of each bucket as the saine is in linewith the inlet-opening; that by arranging the buckets close together theaction of the water on the wheel is continuous, and by forming theguards and base in the manner stated the movement of the wheel is not atany point impeded by the water reacting thereon, an important advantagein wheels of this character. It will also be seen that by means of theliner-plates the position of the wheel can be readily adjusted.

A hydraulic motor constructed in accordance with my invention isextremely simple, and by means thereof a maximum power is obtained.

I claim as my invention-a 1. A hydraulic motor having a wheel providedwith buckets in its periphery, and divergent guards between which saidwheel is designed to rotate, the water supply and efflux being,respectively, at the convergent and divergent ends of said guards,substantially as set forth.

2. A hydraulic motor having a wheel provided with buckets in itsperiphery, a base having an upper concaved surface slightly iiared atone end, divergent guards extending above said base and designed toinclose a portion of the wheel, the water supply and efiiux beingbetween said guards and located, respectively, between the convergentand divergent ends thereof, substantially as set forth.

3. A hydraulic motor having a wheel provided with buckets in itsperiphery, a base having an upper concaved and slightly-flared surface,a water-supply opening at one end above the vertex of said concavedsurface, the efiiux-opening at the other end of said base on a line withsaid surface, and the divergent guards extending upwardly from saidbase, substantially as set forth.

et. In a hydraulic motor, a wheel having buckets, the shaft therefor,the base having a concaved surface and divergent side guards, thestandards,the journal-bearings supported by said standards andsupporting said shaft, the screws, and the liner` plates having openendslots, substantially as set forth.

5. In a hydraulic motor having a rotary wheel, a base having a guardprojecting from one side thereof, the housing or casing for said wheelformed with said guard, one side of said housing or casing beingremovable and having a guard formed therewith, said guards beingdivergently arranged with relation to each other and screws for holdingsaid side to the housing or casing and base, substantially as set forth.

6. The herein described improved hydraulic niotor comprising the basehaving a concaved and slightly-flared surface, divergent guardsextending upwardly therefrom, an inlet-opening between said guards atthe convergent ends thereof, its inner end being above the vertex ofsaid concaved surface, the efiiux-opening between the divergent ends ofsaid guards, the wheel having buckets in its rim or periphery, the shafttherefor, the standards, the j ournal-bearings supported by saidstandards, and the liner-plates having open-end slots, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof l have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JARED R. DE REMER.

Witnesses:

J. W. DoLLIsoN, En. S. HUGHES.

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